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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please excuse my typo in the last paragraph above.  It should read:

"And why is that most of the people who suggest that you live in PG don't live there themselves? It's usually, because the neighborhood that's "good for affluent Blacks" is not that great at all."

[quote=Anonymous]I'm the person who posted about PG.  My oldest will be in K next year, so we're looking at private schools.  We are part of the Charles Flowers school cluster--which is good by PG's (lower) standard but doesn't hold a candle to Montgomery, Fairfax, Howard or Loudon.  PG generally ranks 23rd or 24th out of the 24 counties in Maryland for public schools--so they are not an option for us.

Please don't be surprised that Mitchellville/Bowie did not hold its value.  In the D.C. area, a neighborhood's value is closely related to the quality of the schools.  For example, I have a friend who bought her house in Montgomery County at the same time that I bought mine and for about the same price--$750,000.  Her home has maintained its value, because it's in a great public school district, so there will always be demand.  In PG, many affluent Blacks are forced to send their children to private school, so the homes don't hold their value very well.

Another piece of friendly advice:  Be careful when people tell you that a certain neighborhood is "good for affluent Blacks" as opposed to "for all affluent people".  There are some (whether consciously or subconsciously) who believe that Blacks subscribe to a lower standard.  If the neighborhood is so great "for Blacks", ask yourself how come other races don't want to live there?  Ask yourself why people would pay more for a similarly constructed house if it's located in Montgomery or Fairfax?  And why is that most of the people who suggest that you live there don't live in PG don't live there themselves?  It's usually, because the neighborhood that's "good for affluent Blacks" is not that great at all.[/quote][/quote]

Great point.  For some reason I thought there was a different rule for selecting a neighborhood here than back home.  Your advice sounds like something we would follow back home. It just seems more practical to live in a neighborhood with better schools.  That is universal.  I hope you find a good private school.  Here is some freindly advice about that.  When you select a private school be sure to study its matriculation practices.  Its important to know where they go next.  Now here is another question.  I keep hearing about Bannaker, School w/out Walls and Roosevelt.  What do you know about this math and science at Roosevelt?  My son's freinds will apply to every private school around town and Roosevelt as well.  So is that a good school?  I wouldn't apply because I am really pro private school no matter what in spite of a there being good public schools and I can write a page on my reasons for that but I won't go there today.  I would just have too much to say but anyway, Roosevelt?  [/quote]

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